Countries
Galicia
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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Interesting Facts
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2337
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1946
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ola
Mhoro
Thank You
Grazas
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Boas noites
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Boa tarde
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
Masikati
Good Morning
Bos días
Mangwanani
Please
Por favor
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Síntoo!
Ndineurombo
Bye
Adeus
bye
I Love You
Ámote
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Hwesa
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Galician
Karanga
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Galician
Zezuru
Where They Speak
West Galicia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.40 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.40 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Galego
chiShona
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
galicien
shona
German Name
Galicisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Shona people
Origin
c. 1175
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Galician
Standard Shona
Language Position
46107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gl
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
sna
ISO 639 2/B
glg
sna
ISO 639 3
glg
sna
ISO 639 6
glg
sna
Glottocode
gali1258
core1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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